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John Candy

John Candy is known for acting, with popular credits including Cool Runnings, Spaceballs, The Blues Brothers, Home Alone.

Born 31 Oct 1950 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Profile updated 5 seconds ago

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John Franklin Candy (October 30, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian. He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto, Ontario branch of The Second City, its related Second City Television series, and in his role in comedy films such as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, The Great Outdoors, and Uncle Buck. One of his most renowned onscreen performances was that of Del Griffith, the loquacious, on the move, shower curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles.

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2026 Marty, Life Is Short as Self (archive footage) movie 2025 Oh. What. Fun. as Del Griffith (archive footage) movie 2025 You Had to Be There: How the Toronto Godspell Ignited the Comedy Revolution... as Self (archive footage) movie 2025 John Candy: I Like Me as Self (archive footage) movie 2021 Catherine O'Hara: All of Us Shine as Self (archive footage) (uncredited) movie 2015 Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead as Self - Actor (archive footage) movie 2013 Mel Brooks: Make a Noise as Self (archive footage) movie 2006 Christmas with SCTV movie 2005 John Candy: Comic Spirit as Self (archive footage) movie 2004 Making a 'Splash' as Self (archive footage) movie 1995 Canadian Bacon as Sheriff Bud B. Boomer movie 1994 Wagons East! as James Harlow movie 1994 Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! as Self (archive footage) movie 1994 Hostage for a Day as Yuri Petrovich (uncredited) movie 1993 Friends of Gilda as Self movie 1993 Cool Runnings as Irv movie 1993 Rookie of the Year as Cliff Murdoch - Announcer (uncredited) movie 1992 Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories as Narrator (voice) tv 1992 Boris and Natasha as Kalishak movie 1992 Once Upon a Crime as Augie Morosco movie 1991 JFK as Dean Andrews movie 1991 Delirious as Jack Gable movie 1991 Only the Lonely as Danny Muldoon movie 1991 Career Opportunities as C.D. Marsh (uncredited) movie 1991 Career Opportunities as Target Store Manager movie 1991 Nothing But Trouble as Dennis / Eldona movie 1990 Home Alone as Gus Polinski movie 1990 The Rescuers Down Under as Wilbur (voice) movie 1990 Seriously... Phil Collins as Self movie 1990 Masters of Menace as Beer Truck Driver movie 1990 Rabbit Ears - Stormalong as Narrator (voice) movie 1990 Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! as Yosh Shmenge (archive footage) movie 1989 Who Shrunk Saturday Morning? as Himself movie 1989 Camp Candy as (voice) tv 1989 Uncle Buck as Buck Russell movie 1989 The Rocket Boy as The Hawk movie 1989 Speed Zone as Charlie movie 1989 Who's Harry Crumb? as Harry Crumb movie 1988 Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie as Self movie 1988 Jackie Gleason: The Great One as Host movie 1988 The Best of SCTV movie 1988 Hot to Trot as Don The Horse (Voice) movie 1988 The Great Outdoors as Chet Ripley movie 1988 She's Having a Baby as Chet (uncredited) movie 1987 Planes, Trains and Automobiles as Del Griffith movie 1987 Spaceballs as Barf movie 1987 Citizen Steve as Clip Maxwell movie 1986 Little Shop of Horrors as Wink Wilkinson movie 1986 Really Weird Tales as Howard Jensen (segment "Cursed With Charisma") movie 1986 Armed and Dangerous as Frank Dooley movie 1986 Donald, the Star-Struck Duck as Himself movie 1986 The Canadian Conspiracy as Self movie 1986 The Incredible Time-Travels of Henry Osgood as Wallace Osgood movie 1985 Tears Are Not Enough as Self movie 1985 Volunteers as Tom Tuttle movie 1985 Summer Rental as Jack Chester movie 1985 Follow That Bird as State Trooper movie 1985 Brewster's Millions as Spike Nolan movie 1985 The Last Polka as Yosh Shmenge movie 1985 Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas as Marcel movie 1984 David Steinberg in Concert With John Candy as Self movie 1984 Splash as Freddie Bauer movie 1984 The New Show tv 1983 The 8th Annual Young Comedians Show movie 1983 Going Berserk as John Bourgignon movie 1983 National Lampoon's Vacation as Lasky, Guard at Walleyworld movie 1982 It Came from Hollywood as Self movie 1982 Late Night with David Letterman as Self tv 1982 Late Night with David Letterman as Self - Guest tv 1982 The Billy Crystal Comedy Hour as Himself tv 1981 Heavy Metal as Desk Sergeant / Dan / Den / Robot (voice) movie 1981 Stripes as Dewey "Ox" Oxberger movie 1981 SCTV Network 90 as Various tv 1980 The Blues Brothers as Burton Mercer movie 1980 Double Negative as John movie 1980 The Courage of Kavik, the Wolf Dog as Pinky movie 1979 1941 as Pvt. Foley movie 1979 Lost and Found as Carpentier movie 1978 The Silent Partner as Simonsen movie 1976 Find the Lady as Kopek movie

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John Candy is known for acting, with popular credits including Cool Runnings, Spaceballs, The Blues Brothers, Home Alone.

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John Candy is 75 years old, based on the birthday listed by TMDB.

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John Candy is known for credits including Cool Runnings, Spaceballs, The Blues Brothers, Home Alone, JFK.

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